Andy Murray will be going for a major double on Sunday where he has been shortlisted for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

The Wimbledon champion landed the Sunday Mail and sportscotland Scottish Sports Personality of the Year last week.

But his mum Judy said his acceptance speech could win him a new career, taking over from TV grump Victor Meldrew.

Andy is fighting back to fitness at his training base in Miami and couldn’t make it to the glittering awards ceremony.

Judy was there to pick up his gong – and poked fun at her son’s deadpan delivery in a video message he had recorded for the audience.

The Dunblane ace scooped two awards at the ceremony, picking up the flagship Sports Personality of the Year and the Inspirational Performance of 2013.

In his recorded message, the 26–year–old told the 600–strong audience at Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel: “I’m sorry I can’t be with you but I’m recovering from back surgery and training as hard as I can over in Miami to get ready for the Australian Open and get myself back on the court as quickly as possible.

“It’s a big honour to have won two awards. It has been a great year for me and, obviously, Wimbledon was the pinnacle of it.”

She said: “I called Andy this morning to say, ‘I’m going to pick up one of your awards tonight. Is there anything in particular you want to say?’ He said ‘No, it’s OK, mum. I’ve made a video’. Having seen the video, all I can say is that when the tennis dries up, he could be the next Victor Meldrew.”

Andy wasn’t the only local winner with Stirling University student Marc Austin named as Young Sports Personality of the Year for winning European bronze and gold at the Triathlon World Junior Championships.

“I was more surprised than anything else as I wasn’t expecting to win,” said Austin modestly, despite having already collected four further titles in recent months, including being named Scottish Triathlete and British Elite Junior Male of the Year.

“I usually send the awards on to my mum as she likes to look at them. I’ve a couple with me in Stirling so I’ll take them home over Christmas.”

“It was a fantastic night at the ceremony meeting so many sports stars and hearing about the achievements of others over the past year.”

Wallace High School collected the School Sport Award for its thriving Schools of Sport – in football, basketball, rugby, swimming and dance – and a sixth in leadership.